Holder for smoking pipes



April 14, 1925.. 1,533,610

G. G. PLACE Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEOBGfi G. ILACE, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER FOB SMOKING PIPES.

Application filed September 19, 1924. Serial No. 73,581.

To all w'lwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. PLACE, citizen of.the United States, residing at 'Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Holder for Smoking Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to holders for smoking pipes and in its general objects includes the providingof a slmple, inexpensive and portable pipe holder which will be equally suitable as a rest for the empty pipe when not in use and as a support for a filled pipe during interruptions in its use. Furthermore, my invention provides a smoking pipe holder which will effectively hold the pipe with the bowl so nearly upright as to prevent a spilling of the tobacco out of the bowl; which will allow for considerable variations inethe size and shape of the various portions of the pipe and particularly in the form of the stem without permitting the pipe to tip over, andwhich will support the pipe so that the stem will drain into the bowl.

Viewed. in some further'aspects, my invention provides a smoking pipe holder which can be constructed cheaply and with substantially equal facility of a wide variety of materials, such as wood, molded com ositions, or pressed sheet metal, and whrch can be used advantageously without requlring the user to bend any portions of the holder so as to have these conform to variations in the size or shape of either the bowl or the stem of the pipe. It also provides pipe holders of this class which can readily afford additional room either in the displaying of advertising matter or for the mounting of auxiliaries, such as match holders or cigarette holders. Still further and also more detailed objects will appear from the following specification and from the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a smoking pipe holder embodying my lnventlon, showing this in a form which can be made equally well of a variety of materials,.either 1n a solidform or in a downwardly open hollow form.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged central longltudmal section through a' smok ng pipe holder of the type of Fig. 1 when this holder is made of wood or of any solid composition, showing the holder as supporting a pipe having a somewhat curved stem.

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 but showm a holderhaving a longer trough partlcu arly suitedfor use with a pipe havmg a straight'stem, and showing such a pipe supported by the holder.

Fig. 4 is a section taken similar to the section of Fig. 2, showing a holder of the general type of Fig. 1 but formed from sheet metal.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section taken transversely of Fig. 4 along the correspondingly numbered line of that figure.

Referring to the illustratedembodiments, these all relate to smoking pipe holders adapted to be set upon a table, desk or other substantial horizontal surface. For example Fig. 1 shows the holder in the form of a solid block 8 provided with an upwardly open and substantially cup-shaped socket 1 adapted to receive the lower portion of the bowl 2 of a smoking pipe. Leading sideways from this cup-shaped socket 1 is a groove or trough 3 which slopes upwardly from the said socket and desirably terminates within the upper surface of the block. This trough 3 affords a socket for a portion ofthe stem 4 of the pipe which is adjacent to the bowl and, owing to its inclination, the trough holds the stem at an incline sloping upward from the bowl of the pipe. Consequently, he stem of the supported pipe drains into the bowl of the pipe, which is highly desirable, particularly when the holder is set upon any objects which might be stained or marred by drippings from the pipe.

In practice, the inclination required in the trough for this purpose is relatively small, so that the bowl of the pipe is not tilted to an extent sufficient for spllling tobacco out of the pipe if the latter is filled. Consequently, my holder is not only adapted for supporting the pipe when entirely out of use, but will serve equally well for supporting the lighted pipe during interruptions on the part/of the smoker, as for example when the user is telephoning.

Owing to the simplicit of the presented construction, it will be 0 vious that such a smoking pipe holder can be manufactured very cheaply and that considerable variations can be allowed in the size of the cupshaped socket 1, the width and depth of punch press operations.

the trough 3 and the inclination of the latter. That is to say, a variation in the inclination of the trough is permissible so lon as this trough is sufliciently inclined to eed the drip from the stem into the bowl of the pipe but not sufiiciently inclined to spill tobacco out of the bowl. So also, the cup-shaped socket 1 may be somewhat larger in diameter than theportion of the pipe bowl housed by itwhile still causing the lateral wall portions of this holder part to engage the pipe bowl so as to limit a rocking of the pipe 1n either direction about the stem of the pi e.

Where the precise size and shape '0 the pipe with which the holder is to be employed 15 known in advance, the holder can be constructed to fit the pipe more snugly, as shown for example in connection with the straight stemmed ipe of Fi 3, although it will be obvious that even t is form could also be employed to good advantage with pipes differing considerabl in the sizes and shapes of their bowls an stems. Moreover, since both the cup-shaped socket portion 1 and the trough 3 open upwardly and flare upwardly, holders of this type can readily be made of any suitable molded or cast composition instead of having the said socket and trough formations cut into the top of an originally flat surface as would be required when makin the holder of wood.

However, do not wish to be limited to holder constructions in which a solid block 8 affords the thickness needed to allow for the required depth of the said socket formation and for holding the tip of the ipe stem clear of the tableor disk on which t e holder is set. Instead, this elevation of the upper surface of the holder might be provided merely by the edge portions of the holder, thus permitting the entire holder to be formed out of sheet material by simple Two vertical sections of such a sheet metal type, which obviously might conform also in its upper appearance to Fig. 1, are shown in Fi 4 and 5., In this case, owin to the stiffening eifect of the outer vertica flange 7 and of the socket formations 5 and which are respectively entered by the bowl and. the stem of the pipe, the entire holder can be made of rather thin metal, thereby, reducing its shippin weight as well as its cost.

oreover, I do not; wish to be limited to any particular proportions of the holders as here disclosed, nor to the particular contour or general shape shown in Fig. 1. Neither do wish to be limited to the use of such an article for the sole purpose of supporting a smoking pipe, since the balance of the upper surface of the holder can obviously afford considerable space for displaying'advertising matter, for resting cigars or 01 arettes on the same, or for having a match ox holder mounted thereon. I

So also, it will be obvious that regardless of the material employed for its construction, the holder of m invention can be made up in a variety of nishes, so as to match other articles of wood or-metal or to contrast with the same. Hence I do not wish to be limited in this respect, nor do I wish to be limited to the details of the construction and arrangement above disclosed, it being obvious that many variations might be made without departing either from the spirit of my invention or from the appended claim.

I claim as my invention: A holder for smoln'ng pipes including a member formed to seat at on a supporting surface and havin its-upper face provided with a cup-like soc et and a trough leading at its inner end from the socket and merging at its outer end into the upper face of the member, the trough bein inclined throughout its length and forme to receive the pipe stem and the bottom of the socket being disposed in the plane of the bottom of the trough and formed to engage the bottom of the pipe bowl whereb to firmly support the stem and bowl an with the pipe at a relatively slight angle to the plane of theefining the. socket being 7 member, the walls of such depth so as to engage and hold the pi e bowl from rockin 24iigned at Chicago, IIlinois, September 12, 19 1 GEORGE G. PLACE. 

